probationary

English

Etymology

From probation +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

probationary (comparative more probationary, superlative most probationary)

1. Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation

Derived terms

• probationary period
• probationarily

Translations

Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation

Bulgarian: изпитателен (bg) (izpitatelen)

Noun

probationary (plural probationaries)

1. An employee who is still in their probationary period.

Further reading

• “probationary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “probationary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.